Close to home: A familiar stretch of shoreline
I had recently had the chance to photograph a sunset at the Outlet State Park below the Tuttle Creek Dam, a place I have taken photographs in several times before. I was out with one of my photography classes at the Outlet Park for the sunset. Towards the end of the evening the class ended […]
Under the milkyway again
In my last post I talked about getting out to photograph the full moon rising. I try to never miss that. Another regularly occurring event I’m getting hooked on now is the new moon. Why? Because that is the best time to get out and photograph the stars. I hate to think of the moon […]
Out and back just in time for the sunset
Last weekend I was in Waterville with plans to try and photograph the Milkyway again with my Dad. I had gone up early in the evening to have dinner with Mom and Dad (I never pass up a chance for a meal with my parents!). By the time we finished eating (and watching part of a […]
Teter Rock and the Milky Way
During the last dark of the moon (too bad it wasn’t the 6th of June and we didn’t have a convoy…) I went down to Teter Rock with a friend for some night time photography. Teter Rock is an interesting place, I had been down there earlier in the spring for some photography (see the […]
Shooting up the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, a hilltop castle, and even a church
I had the great fortune to take a road trip down to the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge this weekend with several fellow photographers. This outing was organized by photographer Jim Griggs (check out Jim’s work on Flickr or visit his website) and the proceeds all went to benefit the Friends of Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. The refuge […]
Howling at the moon…
I was out this week the day before the full moon to try and get some shots of the moonrise. I had used The Photographers Ephemeris to scout for possible locations and found an old schoolhouse that I thought I was going to able to get the moon rising over. But like most plans, it […]
Wandering through Wabaunsee County, a guided tour
A friend and I had an amazing guided tour (thanks Rick!!) of some land south of Alma in Wabaunsee County this weekend. That is a beautiful area of the Flint Hills. If you haven’t visited that area of Kansas you need to. Alma has a lot of historic buildings with some very interesting architecture. Two […]
A new waterfall (and a big one!)
Iin my last post, I talked about finding my way to a waterfall I had never photographed before. When I posted a photo of that waterfall on Facebook, one of my old (and I don’t mean that he is old!) high school teachers (thanks Mr. Davis!) made a comment about the waterfall at the outlet […]
The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected.
Last night I heard that the weather people were predicted fog for this morning. Fog usually makes for some interesting conditions to photograph in so I decided I would get up early and head to Stockdale Park on Tuttle Creek Lake. I thought the trees in the water there might be interesting in the fog. […]
New photography class at UFM this summer
I’m going to be teaching a new photography class at UFM this summer titled “Introduction to Photography 2: Improving your composition”. The class starts June 10th and you can read more about it here: https://ufmprograms.org/CourseStatus.awp?~~10BCF120